Improvement in water-elevators



D. D. PAINE, BRIGHTY, & E. PULNER. I Water-Elevator. A

No. 215,660. Patented May 20,1879.

WITNESSES I lNVENTO s y 54 I l NPEI'ERS, PHOTO LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON.D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

DANIEL D. PAINE, WILLIAM BRIGHTY, AND ALMON E. PULNER, OF MOLINE,MICHIGAN.

lM PROVEM ENT IN WATER-ELEVATO RS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 215,660, dated May 20,1879; application filed April 12, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, DANIEL D. PAINE, WILLIAM BRIGHTY, and ALMON E.PULNER, of Moline, in the county of 'Allegan and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Elevators; and wedo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification,and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a vertical centralsection of our water-elevator, and Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section ofthe same.

Our invention relates to water-elevators; and it consists in thefollowing described and claimed mechanism.

A is a frame. B is a water-receiver. O is the exit or spout of thewater-receiver. D is a flexible bail, extending from side to side of theframe, as shown, and constructed and located so as to engage the hookswith which the water elevators or buckets D are provided. E is theoperating-crank. F is the driving spurwheel. G G are pinions, providedwith pulley-flanges g g. H H are T-shaped pieces, for holding thespur-wheel and pinions in po and an automatic emptying of the water intothe receiver.

What we claim as new, and desire secured by Letters Patent, is

The return-pulley L, attached to the support H by the stud, incombination with the pinions G G, well-rope K, bail D, andwaterreceiver, constructed and operating together as and for thepurposes substantially as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL D. PAINE. WILLIAM BRIGHTY. ALMON E. PULNER.

Witnesses HENRY SEYMoUR, THOMPSON SINCLAIR.

